Steamed eggless muffins

This muffin recipe is  from my very old collection .Earlier i used to do all my cakes in a steamer or in a cooker,but never tried  this muffins. when i saw one muffin recipe in some magazine i thought of trying ,as it was very easy and quick to make.I am sure your kids are really going to love this .So if you are looking for something quick and easy then you can try this different kind of muffins for a change.

Ingredients you need :-
Maida(all purpose flour)- 1 cup
Powdered sugar-3/4cup
Fruit essence or vanilla essence-1heaped tsp
Baking soda-1/2tsp
Baking powder-1tsp
Curd-1/2cup
cashew nuts-5-6 chopped finely
Sunflower oil-1/2cup
yellow food color-2drops
Vinegar-2tsp
Mixed fruit jam for 


Method:-

• Sift maida flour ,soda and baking powder together.
• Now beat sugar,essence,food color and oil in a blender  until creamy.
• Now add vinegar and curd,blend it well.You can use hand blender too.
• Now fold in maida and nuts gently in the  same direction.
• Now grease the muffin moulds( you can use paper cups)
• Fill all the moulds 1/2 full .
• Now put the water into idli steamer or pressure cooker and switch on the gas.
• Place the muffin moulds  in preheated steamer and steam for 15 min,after 15mins check with the toothpick  whether it is cooked  or not .

you can use different types of icing to decorate this muffins .Here i have used just a drop of mixed fruit jam .